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I went to Best Buy to peruse this evening and checked out the HTC Inspire 4G - overall it's a pretty snappy phone and the 4.3" screen has me drooling along with the front camera, rear flash and the Sense UI that has grown so much from my good old days of HTC on Windows Mobile!!! Then I thought to myself, hmmmm, perhaps AT&T will let me get it!!!
I purchased the Captivate on July 15th, about three days ahead of the actual release date and I was beaming - until the woeful GPS and now the occasional rebooting if you look at it too hard issues came up, of course I stuck with it because originally they said the holy grail of 2.2 would be out by August, then the end of September, then after Turkey day then by Christmas...... and now it's almost March, almost seven months later to the date!!!
I've been a Bell South/Cingular/AT&T subscriber since 2000, now a little over 11 years, and thru those years I've had let's say about nine phones of my own not to include my wifes phone and then my kids as they grew up and I gave them phones via the family plan. Strangely enough when I upgraded my last phone (HTC Fuze) to the captivate they gave me the option to upgrade a year later which will be July 15th, they usually let me upgrade every year or so so I'm always fresh.
But after this second hassle with them about a Samsung smart phone (first was the BlackJack) I'm pretty done and ready to go back to old reliable HTC and call them up and demand that they give me an Inspire or I nip all my plans in the bud since they all expire this year with my phone being the last one to expire in July and moving over to T-Mobile or Verizon. I know I could get it and they would probably extend my contract another 6 months or so, and I've seen the specs on it and know that by mid summer it would be be beyond old hat since it's pretty much the Evo with GSM with new Sense UI. Or I could wait and see if they would give me the Infuse or the new Motorola but I'd hate to get any of those phones then see in July that the new HTC Super Duper or Samsung Galaxy S 2.5 come out then. Should I wait it out another five months with the Captivate, play the warranty return game till they offer me an alternative or just say" Yo AT&T, if you still want my business give me a Motorola!!!"
Right there with you. Got my Cappy in late July, now on my sixth. They offered to give me a different phone on the last two, but the closest to the Cap's specs were the x10 and iPhone 4. Hoping number six here holds out until the x12's or Atrix's come out. If they're not willing to budge on my terms when it inevitably dies (free and no-new-contract) then I'm paying the ETF and heading to sprint.
I'm planning on doing the same. Although chances are they will only change it (one time) to another phone that is refurbished. So it might take a while to jump on a new phone.
How did you manage to gets a one year contract with a phone upgrade? I wish I got that.I have a one year upgrade option but a t year contract that gets extended with every upgrade. The 300-500 is not worth the contract cancellation for me
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The 300-500 is not worth the contract cancellation for me
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True. But with all the bullsh*t that has came with this droid and having to take 5 phones to the post office to be shipped back (only to be refurb'd again and passed off to some other poor bastard)... a $200 ETF is like paying for the luxury of no longer putting up with AT&T. Every month another $20 less that I have to pay them, etc.
3 times warranty exchange of captivate for the sleep/charge death issue; and possibly account history.
As always, be soft, be patient, and be genuine.
I was told I could swap for a different phone in Dec last if the sleep death issue reoccurred (that was the 4th exchange in all -- once a battery and 3 times phone exchange).
Luckily, my captivate survived.
Im so tempted to just pay the ETF and jump to verizon.. its nice to see that att is getting some new android phones. Even though the htc phone has the lowest specs its so tempting because it will have aosp and 2.3 before the new samsung phone.....and unless motorola goes with an unlocked bootloader they will be in the same boat. Hardware specs don't mean much if the software isn't there
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Early upgrade pricing is $300 and most everyone will qualify for that. Sell your Captivate for $250-$300 on Craigslist and be done with it. It will be hard to get them to swap it. I tried.
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Early upgrade pricing is $300 and most everyone will qualify for that. Sell your Captivate for $250-$300 on Craigslist and be done with it. It will be hard to get them to swap it. I tried.
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The Inspire is available for $400 with no contract. I'd rather do that than pay $300 for an upgrade and be locked in for 2 more years.
Same boat.... random shutdowns, etc. On my 5th or 6th phone. I have device support center near my house, so swapping them out it easy, but irritating. When I called yesterday, they said I could swap it for an Inspire, but only when the warranty center received refurbished units, which could take 30-90 days. I doubt it will take that long. I do not see them issuing new Inspires to anybody with a problem at 31+ days. I would have to guess they will have refurbs within 30 days, but who knows. Anybody know how long it takes for AT&T to start getting refurbs?
I'm also curious to know if i can do this. I bought a Captivate refurbished, and already got a replacement because of random shut down issues. Maybe i'll give AT&T a call tomorrow and see what I can do, anyone think people interested in this idea have a decent chance as long as we're reasonable to the AT&T rep we speak to?
Tried. Didn't work : /
It's good to know I'm not the only person thinking about the trade out, seeing as how the Inspire 4G is marked monetarily lower than the Captivate but of the same calibur I'm sure that it will be a refurb option really soon. The only thing I dread about going through the warranty process is initially getting back Captivate refurbs that have bigger issues than mine over and over again until AT&T finally gives in and lets me choose another phone of the same calibur which is why I haven't sent mine in for the GPS, media scan of dread and shutdown while charging/rebooting troubles but now that they are becoming more frequent that it's becoming unbearable.
Buying an Inspire straight out or having AT&T extend my contract for another year isn't an option I'm willing to take, that would get me stuck with an inspire until spring 2012 at the least - no thanks I saw what became of the Aria.
The simple fact is the the issues with this phone should have been addressed and resolved a long time ago and we shouldn't have to put on a custom rom to get it to a state that it should have been that way out the box, custom roms should be for fun and enhancements to an already good product not band aids to fix flaws that the manufacturer or carrier wont acknowledge and respond to.
Hopefully in a few weeks once people start going through the Inspire's the option to choose a refurbished Inspire 4G as a swap for a Captivate will become available, either that or the official 2.2 comes out then I'll stick with the captivate until summer, after that AT&T better come correct with the android updates and some stunning hardware or I'll be jumping ship to T-Mobile.
Wow, I didn't realize the captivate was having so many issues...5th and 6th phones? My god.
I got my phone in August and its running like a champ with Darky 9.2.
johnnie5000 said:
true. But with all the bullsh*t that has came with this droid and having to take 5 phones to the post office to be shipped back (only to be refurb'd again and passed off to some other poor bastard)... A $200 etf is like paying for the luxury of no longer putting up with at&t. Every month another $20 less that i have to pay them, etc.
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Wow, I didn't realize the captivate was having so many issues...5th and 6th phones? My god.
I got my phone in August and its running like a champ with Darky 9.2.
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it's true. granted, i've only gone through one phone, but i did have the random shutdown problem, and at first i wasn't bothered by it. it quickly became the most annoying problem ever by occurring more frequently.
I am still skeptical about the whole 4G network with AT&T especially being such crappy coverage service already with their supposed upgraded 3G network. If they said they finally completed their 3G network upgrade and provide this kind of horrible coverage quality, I can't even begin to imagine how their supposed 4G network speeds are as well as the coverage it will support. If i was to get a 4G AT&T phone, I would wait at least half a year to a year to really see how they push their network out onto the market.
I talked to an AT&T rep last night and I think I am goinh to jack the upgrade on one of my kids' line and get the Inspire 4G. I got it for my wife and it was the bomb.
The rep told me the exception upgrade for the Inspire is 199.
I originally posted this in the Inspire 4g General forum:
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I bought the Captivate day 1 in June after all the hype only to be disappointed like many users. I called AT&T customer service about an hour ago and was online with a rep within 10 minutes. I very calmly explained my issues with the Captivate (GPS, rebooting randomly) and asked to be given an early upgrade. Without so much as a question the rep told me he would approve it through his supervisor. It took me less than 30 minutes to have a full upgrade ready whenever I want to use it. That will be in about an hour when I go pick up the Inspire.
TL;DR: If you want to upgrade from your Captivate but stay with AT&T, it is trivially easy to get the full upgrade price.
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Also, the OP says that the Inspire has a front-facing camera, but it does not. Just FYI.
I did it. Love it. Such a better out of the box experience.
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What's the deal on the AT&T return policy? I'm looking to get the Samsung Infuse 4G and if/when the SGS2 comes out on AT&T return the infuse for it. How long is the return period? Is there even one? Are there any catches/fees?
30 days afaik. For your plan to work you might want to wait until At&t announces an official sgs2 release date. Its certainly more than 30 days away. The other option would be sell the infuse to fund the sgs2.
I'm in need of some genuine advice here. I think I screwed up, but I'm not sure.
Here's the run down.
-My plan allows me to upgrade every 22 months on Sprint.
-I have 8 months to go.
-Currently using Evo 4g with the $69.99 Simply Everything Data (450 minutes and unlimited everything else). This only allows me to upgrade every 22 months, as stated.
-Rooted and g2g, but lets face it.. need to be on bleeding edge. Hence my decision as follows.
I called up Sprint multiple times and did my best to flirt with the female reps to help me out, although it went very well, they just couldn't do it.
What I was told by the latest rep was that I should upgrade to the $89.99 plan with 900 minutes so that way my premier status would change to Gold. Then I would be able to upgrade in 3 months time, or 1 year total for full discount on upgrade. She was really helpful and not a bad flirt either lol. Anyway... moving on... Just changed my plan to the $89.99 and I was thinking if I should pay the 3 months in advance to be able to upgrade at full discount before the 3 months acceptance time into the Premier Gold status.
A part of me is anxiously waiting for the Samsung Galaxy S2; Samsung Epic Touch 4g. Now I just found out the Nexus Prime is about to make its debut so I'm at a loss for words. The bleeding edge of tech really sucks.
Please advise me if I have made any wrong doing here. My bill will basically not change after the 3 months because I do get 20% off for working at Petco. Didn't apply it yet because they told me it would reset my upgrade status completely. Just waiting on upgrading my phone so that I can apply it.
OH! And if anyone can kindly guide me to a comparable chart with user feedback between the Photon 4g and the Galaxy S2 would be awesome. I did see the Photon has some bugs with muted calls but not sure if it is a major problem or any other problem not mainstream yet? Also did find the Photon is rooted but not sure if I would go that route because of how moto has treated prior bootloaders.
Sorry for the long post.
Let's get some stimulating conversation up in here!
I got mine on Amazon for 1 penny during a memorial day sale. I switched from my Sprint Epic 4g cuz Sprint's service was absolute crap where I live. I was missing more than half of my calls and texts and ended up hopping back onto my mom's family plan. Any interesting stories from you all?
When: Shortly after release
Where: AT&T
Why: Aria sucked
How much: Free, complain to AT&T that my wife's Aria sucked enough then told them if they sent me replacements I would just send them back until I did it 3 times and they'd offer me a replacement anyways so just save us both the trouble. Had a new Inspire overnighted and I got to keep and resell the Aria.
A week after released
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My sons first phone
$20
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Got mine the 1st day it was available @ Sam's. We were eligible for upgrade, and with the way phones were going it made sense to go smartphone. Got to play with one @BB the day before, and was impressed. Especially when compared to co-worker's crappy.
When: month ago
Where:AT&T
Why: had Verizon but service was not that great in my area, especially in my apartment which is in basement. Had about 5 different androids with them most were replacements because of service issues but none were 4G. So came to AT&T and bought a refurb inspire for $30. Service is better and love the phone.
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When: a few months ago
Where: AT&T
Why: My brother needed a phone, so I let him have my Motorola Backflip. Being the complete modding geek I am, I looked into phones that had good modding ability on AT&T, and the Inspire was a good fit.
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I got mine on Amazon for 1 penny during a memorial day sale. I switched from my Sprint Epic 4g cuz Sprint's service was absolute crap where I live. I was missing more than half of my calls and texts and ended up hopping back onto my mom's family plan. Any interesting stories from you all?
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Got mine on release day (2/13/11 - I can't remember for how much). Picked it up for the extra RAM (came from a Captivate - had a lot of "low memory" issues). I used it from then all the way until the GS2 release (10/2/11), which is the longest I had ever kept one phone. Usually at this point I would sell it, but I can't . I'm using it like a tablet (wifi browsing, updating calendar events, games, etc. - pretty useful actually).
It was/is the best phone I've ever used. The GS2 will probably take that spot, but it hasn't proven itself yet . Waiting on more development to pick up.
Where: craigslist
When: 3ish months ago
Why: didn't like my atrix
How much: new in sealed box for $200
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When: month ago
Where:AT&T
Why: had Verizon but service was not that great in my area, especially in my apartment which is in basement. Had about 5 different androids with them most were replacements because of service issues but none were 4G. So came to AT&T and bought a refurb inspire for $30. Service is better and love the phone.
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I don't get why people diss on AT&T's network. I know it is horribly overpriced and lacks certain things, but in the 10 years I've been with them I have never had serious issues with their networks.
On release day. Paid net price of $50 after selling my Captivate.
When- A month month ago
Where- Target
Traded in iPhone 3gs that I had jailbroke. Reverted to stock for return. Ended up with Inspire and 70 left on a gift card.
A couple of weeks later my wife decided to do the same thing and got an Atrix. Of course, rooted both and flashed custom Rom on mine, she kept stock.
ATT store
100$
Spring break after selling my iphone 3g for 150$ the 50$ went to my dad's 3gs
reason: iphone 3G sucks
I purchased mine on cowboom.com when they were having a sale of used phones for $119 about 2 weeks ago. I bought it because I hadn't tried Android yet, and I sometimes travel to other countries to visit family, so after some research, I saw that the Inspire had an easy root & unlock process. Plus, there's something shmexy about HTC's designs...
when-about a month and a half after release
where-Att store
why-atrix was the worst phone i have ever touched
how much-made money, sold my atrix for $350 and bought inspire for $99, used two upgrades
When hmm about a month ago
Where locally in the streets
Why cause of the huge screen and because its q modern phone and HTC hehe
How nice one there I traded a blackberry bold 9650 unlocked For it both phones were new so far trade lol inspire was unlocked with custom core Droid rom on it so I don't have to root and ect. Nice
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I got mine on release day at AT&T for $100, needed a new phone as my Tilt 2 was getting terribly sluggish.
Day before release at Sams Club for $99.
Never had to exchange it, it's still running like a champ in pristine condition thanks to my otterbox commuter case.
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Got mine a few weeks ago off ebay for $250 to use on Straight Talk.
Actually thinking about buying an AT&T sim card, will figure that out when I move to prescott, az in a couple months.
rooted a week after I got it (had to do my research as this is my first android phone)
When... July 14
Where... Radio shack
Why... Like the bigger screen and design
How much.... 49$+ tax
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When: Feb 19(my birthday present to myself)
Where:ATT.
Why: after years with the iPhone it got stale.
How much: Sold iPhone 4 for 440, bought it out of contract for 400. So paid -$40 lol
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For new accounts and additional lines...
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maybe they need to make room for the WHITE skyrocket.
http://pocketnow.com/android/att-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-pictured-in-white-image
YES, just saw this on engadget and ordered myself up a shiny new Skyrocket! It'll be a huge upgrade over my Nexus One. I'd been hoping for the Galaxy Nexus on AT&T, but that'll likely be $250-$300 on contract... too hard to pass up $0.01.
The deal works great for me since I've ported my number to google voice, I can easily add a new line and the new phone number doesn't matter since I just point GV to the new number. My current line is out of contract so I just cancel it when the skyrocket arrives and I should only be out the penny!
yup returning mine under BRE as soon as the amazon one comes in
That's one cent too much for what that phone's worth. Meaning if you can't use LTE why bother. Might as well get the regular S2.
I jumped on the penny deal from amazon to pick up an ATT one.
I didn't opt for the wireless tethering/hotspot hoping that I can root and get the Wireless Tether App running correctly.
*cross fingers*
Ordered mine last night. Can't wait to get my hands on this beast
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I guess there's no trick to getting around the requirement that you be a new customer or add a new line?
I've been with AT&T for 10 years and have 3 lines with them. You'd think they'd reward loyalty more.
Charles: said:
I guess there's no trick to getting around the requirement that you be a new customer or add a new line?
I've been with AT&T for 10 years and have 3 lines with them. You'd think they'd reward loyalty more.
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Ha ha ha, same here been with ATT since the dawn of time, you'd think ma bell would throw us loyal bellers a bone once in a while....
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EskimoPie said:
YES, just saw this on engadget and ordered myself up a shiny new Skyrocket! It'll be a huge upgrade over my Nexus One. I'd been hoping for the Galaxy Nexus on AT&T, but that'll likely be $250-$300 on contract... too hard to pass up $0.01.
The deal works great for me since I've ported my number to google voice, I can easily add a new line and the new phone number doesn't matter since I just point GV to the new number. My current line is out of contract so I just cancel it when the skyrocket arrives and I should only be out the penny!
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I need to get aquainted with this google voice. Ive been hearing about it for years now and never took the time to give it any attention, lol.
Anyway, I just ordered one today!!! They moved the shipping up to one day instead of 2 day for free I guess considering Thursday is Thanksgiving.
I'm coming from an iPhone 4 and I'm pretty excited to be coming back to Android (I haven't posted here for a while either, yikes. Good to be back).
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That's one cent too much for what that phone's worth. Meaning if you can't use LTE why bother. Might as well get the regular S2.
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regular s2 doesn't have 4.5" screen, only reasong i chose skyrocket over it.
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regular s2 doesn't have 4.5" screen, only reasong i chose skyrocket over it.
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This right here ^
Ordered mine yesterday. Will be here today. Only worried I keep hearing that samsung's in house SoC is better and this won't get much in ROM support.
The size, fact that I'll have a LTE phone when it's here & the price sold me though
Samsung's SoC is better but Qualcomm has a better radio. What's more important to you?
The radio, I live in a area that is quick to get network updates so I'm sure LTE will be here sooner than later
Ordered two of these a couple days ago! Bigger screen and faster processor than the standard S II! Just got them an hour ago, at the doc with my wife right now. Tried setting them up but data won't work, gotta take them to a store after the doc. They are fast! I won't miss my inspire haha
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The UPS guy just dropped mine off an hour ago and I am already in love with it. The large screen is drop dead beautiful and it's incredibly fluid...despite comments that it's laggy (though, all phones get laggy at some point, I just think most of those came from people that were s2 processor snobs ).
I am coming from an iPhone 4 but I'm already pleased with this beast (still love my iPhone and iOS but that's another story but I've always loved both operating systems -Android/iOS-). Can't wait to fully enjoy it and set it up however I want/need.
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regular s2 doesn't have 4.5" screen, only reasong i chose skyrocket over it.
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Who says that you cannot use LTE? I live in the Bay area which does not have LTE (will be here next year) but I was in Chicago recently that had blazing LTE speeds. Yes, AT&Ts LTE network is thin right now but it would not be so by the end of 2012
Damn Amazon sent the phones late yesterday so me n wifey won't get our new phones until Monday... -_-
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Damn Amazon sent the phones late yesterday so me n wifey won't get our new phones until Monday... -_-
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That sucks. I didn't order my Skyrocket from Amazon until 3:30pm yesterday and I already got it today around the same time.